(08-07-2013 11:39 AM)EarthBoundMisfit Wrote:  

(08-07-2013 10:54 AM)Bluebeard Wrote:  

(08-07-2013 10:12 AM)21-17 Best Time I Ever Ha Wrote:  It's called remembering what that jerk actually did to our players and our fans and our program. I will NEVER forget. And that's okay. Because if we ever forget, we might just allow it to happen again.

It's called getting screwed and never forgetting it.

I'm not saying he didn't do some lowball stuff on the way out the door. He did. But that doesn't change the fact that the basketball PROGRAM was in much better shape when Cal left than when he arrived. Also the basketball PROGRAM was in much better shape when Pastner arrived than when Cal arrived. That's all I'm saying.

Lessee program on probation.....check
program forfeited national runner up and 38 wins....check
sno-cone machine .....check
loss of highly regarded recruiting class Josh's first season....check

All of the momentum that Memphis had during the heyday of Calipari was gone. The cameras were gone, the highly rated recruits weren't studying us as much as they once did.
Yes we had nice facilities....but LOTS of schools in BCS conferences have nice facilities. Hell ESPN was still calling us a mid-major.
And if you think that Calipari did ALL of the legwork getting corporate support and Ambassadors support...you are dreaming.
The Memphis program as we knew it through those glorious years of winning 30+ games was over and done with. We were a shell of our former selves...and if the Memphis administration had made a bad hire to replace Calipari...we'd be looking at a smoking crater right now.
As much good as John did for us....he also did just as much to try and tear us down on his way out the door.

Good lord, do you hate our basketball program? You make it sound like our program is garbage and the only thing keeping it afloat is great coaches. I have more faith in the program than that.